SOLUTION: solve tthis problem (+7)-(-3)+(+16)-(+8)

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Question 687150: solve tthis problem (+7)-(-3)+(+16)-(+8)
Answer by funmath(2933) About Me  (Show Source):
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solve this problem (+7)-(-3)+(+16)-(+8)
To me...all the extra parentheses confuse things...but some people like them...I remove them. + keeps the sign in the parenthesis the same - makes it opposite.
%28%2B7%29-%28-3%29%2B%28%2B16%29-%28%2B8%29
7%2B3%2B16-8
10%2B16-8
26-8
highlight%2818%29
I took more steps than necessary to show you...I just combined the 2 numbers on the left as I went down.
Happy Calculating!